Algebra - math word problems - page 95 of 277
Algebra is a branch of mathematics that uses not only numbers and characters but also letters to solve operations. For example 3x+5x is 8x.Number of problems found: 5523
- Apprentice 83169
The master gave the apprentice the task of dividing the 28 m long electric cable into two parts so that the second part was 2.5 times larger than the first. How long were the cable sections supposed to be? - The four
The four pirates divided 65 coins into each other. They were sorted by age, the youngest receiving the least number of coins, each half more than the previous one. How many coins did the oldest pirate receive? - Gearing
Gearing consists of two wheels. One is 88, and the second is 56 teeth. How many times turn the smaller wheel to hit the same teeth as in the beginning? How many times will we turn the biggest wheel? - Resulting 55991
The 180 cm long bar should be cut into two parts so that the longer part is 4 cm shorter than three times, the shorter part. Find the lengths of the resulting bar sections.
- The floor
The floor collapsed because three and a half times the amount it had been designed to hold had been stored in the room. If we had stored 980 tons in the room, what amount was the floor designed to hold? - Dinosaurs
More than 30 and less than 60 dinosaurs have met at the pond. A quarter of them bathed and 1/7 saws, and the rest gripped. How many were at the pond? How many were there? - Pupils
Two classes want to collect money. Boys are four-seventh pupils. In time did not pay a quarter of the boys and a sixth of the girls, which meant 12 sinners. How many pupils attend these two classes? - Grandchildren 27181
Grandma baked buns, which she wanted to divide fairly among her grandchildren. If she gave everyone 5 buns, she would have 2 buns left. If she gave each grandchild 6 buns, she would be missing 3 buns. How many grandchildren does grandma have? How many bun - Substitution 19793
Calculate in arithmetic sequence a1, d, s7, if: a1 + a4 + a6 = 71 a5 - a3 - a2 = 2 Hint: Use the substitution method when solving the system. Pay due attention to the "minus" signs in the second equation of the system.
- Enthusiasts 4032
There are 147 students in seven years at the wizarding academy. Enthusiasts for magic are increasing, so since 2006, they have accepted two more students each year than the previous year. How many students do they have in their first year? - Four-thirds 3852
Anton said: I have a natural number x. I'll get three times as much if I increase it to four-thirds. What number did Anton mean? - Renting
Renting video games from Store S costs $2.50 per game plus a monthly fee of $5.00. Renting video games from Store T costs $5.00 per game with no monthly fee. The monthly cost to rent video games depends on the number of video games, v, rented. Which in - Spruce
A massive storm broke the top of fifteen-meter spruce so that it remained hanging along the rest of its trunk. The distance of this hanging top from the ground was 4.6 m. At what height was the spruce trunk broken? - Cheese consumption
I have some cheese. I used 2/5 of the total amount of cheese yesterday. Today, I used 2/5 of the remaining cheese from yesterday. If 900 g of cheese remains at the end of today, how many grams of cheese did I have initially?
- A ladder
The ladder's bottom rung is 36 inches long, and the topmost rung is 24 inches long. If the ladder has 18 rungs, how many inches each other rung is shorter than the rung below it? How many feet of wood were used to make the rungs? - Students
Students Aleš, Bohouš, Cyril, and Dušan were on a brigade. They divided the total revenue as follows: Aleš received two-fifths of the revenue. Bohouš received one-sixth of the revenue. Cyril received three-tenths of the revenue. Dušan received the rest of - Trees
A certain species of tree grows an average of 0.5 cm per week. Write an equation for the sequence that represents the weekly height of this tree in centimeters if the measurements begin when the tree is 200 centimeters tall. - Arrangements 83122
A florist was preparing floral arrangements for a wedding. One-third of the flowers were roses, six peonies, and five-twelfth tulips; the remaining 10 were lilies. a) How many flowers did the florist use? b) How many tulips were there - Calculate 83039
The whole movie lasts 1 hour. The time left until the end of the film is half of the time that has already passed since the film's beginning. Calculate how many minutes are left until the end of the movie.
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